Clinton, NE
How exposed is Clinton to wildfire?
Clinton's 51 buildings earn a 97th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clinton at the 97th percentile, close to its 97th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Clinton (68.6% of 51 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 31.4% sit in the Direct zone.
How Clinton compares
There's little gap between Clinton's 97th national percentile and its 100th percentile inside Nebraska, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clinton ranks 818 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,906 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 1 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 97th percentile nationally, Clinton carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 68.6% of Clinton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Clinton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 51 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clinton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clinton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.